The hearings come after Republicans learned that Smith subpoenaed phone records of multiple GOP senators during his investigation, including Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott.

The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.

The assistant attorney general said that she agrees with Attorney General Pam Bondi's earlier statement that the Second Amendment should not be treated as a "second-hand right."

Mace is the latest female Republican lawmaker to blast House leadership and the Trump administration, after Georgia firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke from her party to criticize its leadership in recent months.

The move comes after Texas labeled the groups as foreign terrorist organizations last month, which forbids both organizations and their affiliates from purchasing or acquiring land in Texas and allows increased enforcement against the groups.

The page allows users to search for criminal illegal migrants who have been arrested across all 50 states, and who have criminal histories that include homicide, assault, rape, child molestation, cruelty toward a child, drug trafficking and armed robbery.

Allred said he was withdrawing his candidacy in order to avoid a messy primary next year in favor of the party uniting behind one candidate heading into the November midterms.

Nicholas Eshun, a native of Ghana, became an American in 2013 through an expedited process that allows migrants who serve in the United States military to become citizens.

The winner of the Democratic primary will face the winner of a crowded Republican primary next year. Sen. John Cornyn is seeking reelection but is facing tough challenges from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt.

The vote comes after the state House passed the map in a 57-41 vote last week. The new congressional map would tilt all nine congressional district races in favor of the GOP if passed by both chambers and signed into law.

New York Attorney General Letitia James led a group of 17 states in suing the administration to stop the order in May, claiming it created “an existential threat to the wind industry.”

Trump confirmed the plans during a roundtable meeting with the Cabinet at the White House.